11.   Soccer is the biggest sport in Brazil and during World Cup matches everything from schools to businesses to traffic usually comes to a near halt.

12.   Soccer is the biggest sport in Brazil and during World Cup matches everything from schools to businesses to traffic usually comes to a near complete halt.

13.   The dollar was marginally lower against the yen Friday morning as holiday-thinned trading ground to a near halt.

14.   They then picked up a fast jet stream over the Pacific before grinding to a near halt over Central America.

15.   They then picked up a fast jet stream wind over the Pacific before grinding to a near halt over Central America.

16.   Trains normally approach the buffers at the end of rail lines after they have slowed to a near halt.

17.   Under his three-year tenure, peace talks came to a near halt.

18.   Work on the legislation ground to a near halt Tuesday as opponents of the truck safety requirements promised to drag out debate in an effort to soften them.